[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]When a fal'Cie takes a mortal to be one of its l'Cie servants, that person is given a Focus to be completed. Should the l'Cie fail to fulfill this Focus before his or her brand advances to its final stage, that l'Cie becomes a Cie'th.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Mired in eternal sorrow and regret, and robbed of all free will, Cie'th are damned to wander the world unliving and undying, until their corrupted flesh at last can move no more. For Cie'th, there is no salvation.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Cie'th are the non-sentient remains of a former l'Cie. They move on instinct and are hostile toward living beings, including their former friends, which makes them widely feared as they can wield magic. This is specially true to the Undying, a group of Cie'th whose hatred towards their former fal'Cie masters has made them all the more dangerous.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Only when they turn into Cie'th Stones do the Cie'th show some of their former humanity, mostly their regret of failing their Focus and asking somebody to complete it in their stead so they can rest in peace.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]When chosen by the fal'Cie, a l'Cie is marked with an incomplete brand, a tattoo-like inscription. The brand completes over time, working as a timer for the l'Cie to complete their Focus, a mission dictated by the fal'Cie that branded them. Should the l'Cie fail, or the time runs out, the l'Cie loses their humanity and crystals cover and twist their body. Their heart is sealed in endless despair, a fate more torturous than death.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]It is said the rate at which a l'Cie becomes a Cie'th depends on their psychological state: the more panicked and distressed, the faster they will turn. As time runs out the l'Cie brand sprouts arrows and eventually an eye, and when the eye is fully opened, the l'Cie is transformed. It appears that some l'Cie can partially transform into Cie'th willingly, taking on Cie'th-like qualities and sometimes keeping their minds. This mode of transformation can be reversed with help from an outside agency. Fal'Cie can transform humans instantaneously into Cie'th by branding them without assigning them a Focus.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]It is possible for Cie'th to still complete their Focus. Over the course of years, the energy of a Cie'th may dry out, and they turn into a crystalline tombstone, unable to move about but gaining the ability to communicate and ask others to complete their Focus for them. These Cie'th Stones are found in abundance throughout Gran Pulse.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Most, but not all, Cie'th carry within their glowing cores a pool of liquid in which floats a single crystalline teardrop. There is substantial magical power within, and they can be used in a few different ways. One is to consume them, typically through swallowing it; doing so is harmless, and restores a number of MP equal to half of the HD of the Cie'th it was taken from. If the character who consumes it has a pool of energy of some sort, such as an arcane pool or ki pool, then they can instead restore 1 point to the pool for every five HD the Cie'th had. Alternately, the magic inside of them can be used for crafting magic items. For every five HD's worth of Cie'th tears used in the item's construction, you may either reduce the DC of the Spellcraft check to craft the item by 2, or you may reduce the cost of construction by 5%. Up to 25 HD of Cie'th tears may be used in crafting any single item.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Undying[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Undying are fearsome Cie'th who, cursing their former fal'Cie masters for forsaking them at the end of their forced servitude, refuse to surrender their connection to this world.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Whereas normal Cie'th eventually cease their wanderings and turn to stone, the Undying rage on, fueled by a jealous hatred of all living things. Retaining the defiant strength of will they knew in life, they act on instinct, doling out death and destruction to all that dare cross their path.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Undying consist of:[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Attacus the Soulless[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Bituitus the Pillager[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Geiseric the Profane[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Gorgyra the Self-Abhorrent[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Mithridates the Lone[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Raspatil the Consuming[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Syphax, the Insidious[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Vercingetorix the Doomherald[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Zenobia the Butcher[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Mired in eternal sorrow and regret, and robbed of all free will, Cie'th are damned to wander the world unliving and undying, until their corrupted flesh at last can move no more. For Cie'th, there is no salvation.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Cie'th are the non-sentient remains of a former l'Cie. They move on instinct and are hostile toward living beings, including their former friends, which makes them widely feared as they can wield magic. This is specially true to the Undying, a group of Cie'th whose hatred towards their former fal'Cie masters has made them all the more dangerous.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Only when they turn into Cie'th Stones do the Cie'th show some of their former humanity, mostly their regret of failing their Focus and asking somebody to complete it in their stead so they can rest in peace.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]When chosen by the fal'Cie, a l'Cie is marked with an incomplete brand, a tattoo-like inscription. The brand completes over time, working as a timer for the l'Cie to complete their Focus, a mission dictated by the fal'Cie that branded them. Should the l'Cie fail, or the time runs out, the l'Cie loses their humanity and crystals cover and twist their body. Their heart is sealed in endless despair, a fate more torturous than death.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]It is said the rate at which a l'Cie becomes a Cie'th depends on their psychological state: the more panicked and distressed, the faster they will turn. As time runs out the l'Cie brand sprouts arrows and eventually an eye, and when the eye is fully opened, the l'Cie is transformed. It appears that some l'Cie can partially transform into Cie'th willingly, taking on Cie'th-like qualities and sometimes keeping their minds. This mode of transformation can be reversed with help from an outside agency. Fal'Cie can transform humans instantaneously into Cie'th by branding them without assigning them a Focus.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]It is possible for Cie'th to still complete their Focus. Over the course of years, the energy of a Cie'th may dry out, and they turn into a crystalline tombstone, unable to move about but gaining the ability to communicate and ask others to complete their Focus for them. These Cie'th Stones are found in abundance throughout Gran Pulse.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Most, but not all, Cie'th carry within their glowing cores a pool of liquid in which floats a single crystalline teardrop. There is substantial magical power within, and they can be used in a few different ways. One is to consume them, typically through swallowing it; doing so is harmless, and restores a number of MP equal to half of the HD of the Cie'th it was taken from. If the character who consumes it has a pool of energy of some sort, such as an arcane pool or ki pool, then they can instead restore 1 point to the pool for every five HD the Cie'th had. Alternately, the magic inside of them can be used for crafting magic items. For every five HD's worth of Cie'th tears used in the item's construction, you may either reduce the DC of the Spellcraft check to craft the item by 2, or you may reduce the cost of construction by 5%. Up to 25 HD of Cie'th tears may be used in crafting any single item.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Undying[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Undying are fearsome Cie'th who, cursing their former fal'Cie masters for forsaking them at the end of their forced servitude, refuse to surrender their connection to this world.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Whereas normal Cie'th eventually cease their wanderings and turn to stone, the Undying rage on, fueled by a jealous hatred of all living things. Retaining the defiant strength of will they knew in life, they act on instinct, doling out death and destruction to all that dare cross their path.[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The Undying consist of:[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Attacus the Soulless[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Bituitus the Pillager[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Geiseric the Profane[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Gorgyra the Self-Abhorrent[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Mithridates the Lone[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Raspatil the Consuming[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Syphax, the Insidious[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Vercingetorix the Doomherald[/font][/color]
[color=#fafafa][font=Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Zenobia the Butcher[/font][/color]